PHILLIPS — The first day of school for kindergarten through grade-nine students in SAD 58 Wednesday went smoothly, or “what I call delightfully uneventful,” Superintendent Brenda Stevens said.

Upper class men at Mt. Abram High School start school today, Sept. 1, she said.

Freshmen spent the extra day Wednesday becoming familiar with the high school.

Seven freshmen, who live north of Carrabassett Valley, were only 20-minutes late for the first class of the day, she said.

The washed out bridges on Route 27 have caused an extra inconvenience for busing to the high school but it’s short term, she said. Stevens expects the school system will get through it.

According to the school plan, the bus leaves Eustis Ridge at approximately 6:50 a.m. After dropping off students at Stratton Elementary, the bus will go to Fotter’s Field to pick up remaining students and then travel across Route 16 to Rangeley. It was anticipated to take an extra 30 minutes of travel time to school and an extra 30 minutes of travel time home.

Students south of the bridges will take the usual route to Kingfield and onto Route 142 to the high school in Salem, she said.

Stevens, who served last year as Mt. Abram’s principal, was appointed superintendent this past spring. Mark Aliberti, the former principal at Kingfield Elementary, moved in to the slot as principal of Mt. Abram High School.

Other than the temporary change in buses from Stratton and some other personnel changes, school began as usual, she said.

Stevens does encourage parents to visit the district website, www.msad58.org, where there’s a wealth of information about all the schools in SAD 58. Important announcements and sports schedules are also available, she said.

“There’s a huge collection of information,” she said explaining how much she herself uses the site as a reference.

Due to storm damage to an Internet provider, the high school is currently without Internet access leaving the complete school website currently unavailable. Special notices are currently posted at www.powerschool.msad58.org/bulletin or by using the www.msad58.org address.

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